Carl von Ossietzky Medal

The Internationale Liga für Menschenrechte (Berlin) [de] (ILMR) has awarded the Carl von Ossietzky Medal since 1962.[1] The league has honored personalities, initiatives or organizations who have worked with civil courage and outstanding commitment to the realization of human rights annually since 1962 and at least once every two years from 2011 with the Carl von Ossietzky Medal it donated.[2][3] The award is named after the German pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carl von Ossietzky, who died in 1938 as a result of imprisonment in a concentration camp.[4]

  1. ^ "Verleihung der Carl-von-Ossietzky-Medaille • Flüchtlingsrat Berlin e.V." Flüchtlingsrat Berlin e.V. (in German). 5 November 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Die Carl-von-Ossietzky-Medaille". Internationale Liga für Menschenrechte. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Kulturpreise.de : Carl-von-Ossietzky-Medaille". Handbuch der Kulturpreise – Handbook of Cultural Awards (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Spiegel 2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).